Historic Group To Hear Program On The 'Madonna Of The Trails'

December 1, 1985|By Shirley H. Barr

The Christmas meeting of the Jane Sheldon Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will be at Brannon Memorial Library, Riverside Drive, New Smyrna Beach, on Thursday. Mrs. F.E. Johnson is chairman for the 2 p.m. social hour. The meeting will begin at 2:30 p.m. Josephine Loehr, chairman of the educational committee, will introduce Mrs. Leslie Diemer with a program titled ''Madonna of the Trails.''

-- An open meeting of the Scottish Rite Club will be Tuesday at the Shrine clubhouse on Orange Avenue, New Smyrna Beach. A covered-dish dinner will begin at 7 p.m., followed by the business meeting and election of officers. Women are asked to bring a dish of food and the club will furnish meat, rolls and beverage. Music will be by the Bedpan Band.

-- Members of the Fish Memorial Hospital Auxiliary will have a dessert and card party from 12:30 to 4 p.m. Thursday at the New Smyrna Beach Elks Club on the North Causeway. The annual Christmas party also will feature a table of handmade gift items. Tickets are $2 each and may be purchased at the group's Pink Door thrift shop on Magnolia Avenue, at the hospital gift shop and from members. Proceeds from the party will go toward the purchase of individual blood-pressure units for hospital rooms.

-- Florida Shores Property Owners Association, Edgewater, will have a yard sale at its 2932 Lime Tree Drive clubhouse from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. next Sunday. Tables of books, jewelry, household items, baked goods and Christmas decorations will be on sale. A hot dog and dessert luncheon will be available from 11 a.m to 1 p.m. during the sale. Workers will be at the clubhouse on Friday evenings to accept donations of sale items. Good children's clothing, plants and household articles are in demand. For pick up of donations call 427-0016.

The group's Christmas party will follow the regular business meeting planned for 7 p.m. Dec. 14. Members are asked to bring a wrapped gift, suitable for either a man or woman and valued at $5.